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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bryan C Hall, Newport News, VA (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Automotive Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
123470 ;
Abstract
A clip is used to retain a bottom feed fuel injector in an injector seat cavity of a fuel rail, the clip having a pair of legs engaging the fuel rail and a bridging portion cutout to receive one side of the fuel injector to retain the fuel injector in the seat cavity. Various release devices allow convenient disengagement of the legs with fuel rail protrusions used to secure the legs in a first embodiment of the clip. The clip wraps around the fuel rail in a second embodiment.